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What the Papers Said

As part of the Decade of Commemorations (1913-23) Galway County Libraries has created this blog dedicated to recounting the social, cultural and political life of the ordinary men and women of Galway city and county during the course of the year 1916. 

Through extensive research of the local Galway newspapers from the early 1900s, this blog will gather and publish articles and letters throughout 2016 as they would have appeared in the papers, 100 years ago. 

We hope to give an insight into the lives of the people of Galway at the time, their day-to-day experiences, challenges and aspirations, as well as reflect on the people’s feelings towards the various contemporary national political and social questions, and their reactions to the Easter Rising, in its immediate aftermath. 

Galway Rising – What the Papers Said will remain as a permanent resource that can be accessed by future generations and as a comprehensive insight into life in Galway in 1916.

  • A UFO in Ballinasloe?

    A UFO in Ballinasloe?

    15/06/2016
    Phenomenon in the Sky It was a marvellous phenomenon, the like of which I never beheld before last night The following appeared in the “Irish Independent”: – Sir – On the night of 31st July a wonderful light appeared in the sky just above the horizon.  I saw it, a little after 11 p.m. and it looked ...
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  • Cupid Goes Astray

    Cupid Goes Astray

    31/05/2016
    ‘All That I Ask is Love” Cupid Goes Astray Widower Sued For Breach of Promise Cash down and he’d take the Woman A Rapid Thaw Did he ever kiss you?  He did, several times.  Are you sure it wasn’t you kissed him? The hearing of a Breach of Promise case in Ballinasloe, attracted about a score of ladies to the local ...
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  • Hidden Gold in Connemara

    Hidden Gold in Connemara

    06/05/2016
    ‘Hidden Gold in Connemara When it became known in Oughterard and district that £11 in gold was found on Mary Molloy, an inmate of the Workhouse, several people related similar stories which had occurred in the district.  One man stated to our correspondent that he was told of an old blind woman who lived near the ...
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  • Sinn Fein Tactics - "They cannot expect to gain anything"

    Sinn Fein Tactics - "They cannot expect to gain anything"

    15/04/2016
    SINN FÉIN TACTICS The Sinn Féin movement in this country has up to the present happily been confined to more or less disconnected sets of individuals.  It is, nevertheless, we fear, beginning here and there to assume an importance which is not yet justified by the numbers of its adherents or by their influence,  It is, ...
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  • From Tuam to the Transvaal and beyond ...

    From Tuam to the Transvaal and beyond ...

    12/04/2016
    The following obituary of Gerard O’Flanagan appeared in the Morning Bulletin (published in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia between 1878-1954) on Saturday 21 April 1951 (p. 6).  A letter O’Flanagan sent to the Connacht Tribune in 1916 while recuperating in England has previously been reproduced on ‘Galway Rising.’  There is a small error in the obituary below: his address ...
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  • Some Special Books in Galway County Libraries

    Some Special Books in Galway County Libraries

    08/04/2016
    Here we showcase some of the unique reading material that we hold in our libraries around Galway county. Click on the images to see more on Instagram. Cuimhní Cinn le Liam Ó Briain. O Briain’s memoirs, published in 1951 give a vivid account of the 1916 Rising ending with the East Clare by-election in 1917. Available ...
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